Fall 2012 - Georgetown College

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GEORGETOWN COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Agents of Change
Provost’s Unusual Fundraising Efforts
Enable Afghani Students to Seek a Better
Homeland & a More International GC
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GEORGETOWN COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE
COVER STORY
Agents of Change
PUBLISHER
Jim Allison
First-year Afghani students Nilofar Haidary and
Sabera Daqiq are already making many on campus
think with more global responsibility. They hope to
leave GC with a great education in four years and
return to Afghanistan to effect positive change.
NEWS EDITOR
Jim Durham
DesignER
Laura Hatton ‘01
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Jim Durham, Jenny Elder,
Dr. Rosemary Allen, Laura Owsley,
Caitlin Knox, Jim Allison
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Paul Atkinson, Lauren Meister, Richard
Davis, Wesley Folsom
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Science Boon!
Sense of Community
A 2nd HHMI grant creates
meaningful research opportunities
for GC students.
Hambrick Village roomies first
bonded over a memorable
Knight Hall experience.
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Allison Martin Hunt
Finding Common Ground
2013 KY High School Teacher
of the Year Lauds Liberal Arts.
Campus ministry’s student leaders
appreciate GC’s Christian identity.
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Georgetown College admits students of any race, color
and national or ethnic origin.
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OUR Miss Kentucky!
Milestone 150 Wins
Prepping for Miss America,
Jessica Casebolt Treasures Her
GC Experience.
Football Coach Bill Cronin Also Took
Tigers to No. 1 in Regular Season!
Why GC?
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A dozen-plus alumni – who are having exciting, fulfilling years – reflect on great Georgetown Experiences.
21 Graduate Education’s Broady Has a Very Meaningful Year
23 Tiger Sports Fall Roundup
25 Softball Coach Thornton on Verge of 300 Wins
26Classnotes
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Donor Honor Roll In Memoriam
INSIGHTS • 2
A message from our President
In 1991, the trustees elected
me as the 23rd president of
Georgetown College. I was 39 years old,
and full of vision and hope for how this institution could
move forward in preparing students for the frontier. The
trustees challenged me to protect the academic freedom
of this institution, while finding ways to strengthen the
traditional method of learning at Georgetown: small
classrooms, overhead projectors, landline connections, and
textbooks purchased in the bookstore. Texting, social media,
wireless Internet, and even cell phones were not a part of
our vocabulary at that time. Now, two decades later, we
look to a future where technology will continue its rapid
evolution, and in turn, advance the methods of learning we
currently apply. For leaders in higher education, it is a very
challenging, yet exciting time period.
I have great hope for the future of this fine college:
• We have a remarkable story with many chapters. Telling
this story would include conversations about Rhodes
and Fulbright scholars, the Oxford program, student
accomplishments, decades of athletic success, nationallyrecognized faculty who have always built personal
relationships with students, new dorms, a focus on civic
and community engagement—and many more.
• We have a strong and dedicated board of trustees. They
are well aware of our financial and residential housing
challenges and are working to create strategies for the
future. They have sought expert outside advice, are
prepared to listen internally to ideas, and then will make
the decisions they feel necessary to move forward. These
trustees are men and women who are culturally and
ethnically diverse. They are ministers, educators, financial
experts, and entrepreneurs. They are alumni and parents of
alumni, and are all Christians. Earl Goode, class of ’62, is
their chairman. His day job is to serve as the chief of staff
for the governor of Indiana, and prior to that, he was the
CEO of GTE Informational Services. The vice chair is Bill
Houston, CEO of Houston Consulting and the father of
two GC alumni. His company advises small businesses in
determining strategies for success. Our trustees are fiscally
responsible for Georgetown College and will guide the
institution forward.
INSIGHTS • 3
Dr. William H. Crouch, Jr.
President, Georgetown College
• We are restructuring our enrollment recruiting efforts and
have already experienced early success. Michelle Lynch
is our new V.P. for Enrollment. She brings experience and
excitement to our recruiting efforts. What we need from
our alumni and friends is a loud and enthusiastic voice
about the value of this place. We all need to be positive
ambassadors and helpers in the recruitment of a new
generation of Georgetown College alumni.
Because of the many challenges ahead and the need for new
energy and vision, I have recently announced my retirement:
• A college president’s job is never ending, seven days a
week. I do have high energy, but 21 years at this pace is
long enough. The realization that most of our students were
born after I became President has gotten my attention.
• We now have six grandchildren who are six years of age
and younger. The closest ones live over seven hours away.
Jan and I need and want to be with them more. We feel
now is the time.
• As the college begins a new chapter, we will do the same.
We will continue to invest our lives in young people as we
seek God’s guidance in the best way to serve.
One of the most important strategies right now for
Georgetown College is to focus attention on how great this
institution is, the pride we feel as Tigers, and how blessed we
are to “live, learn and believe” in this place. A Presidential
Search Committee has been appointed by Chairman Goode.
I urge you to pray for God’s leadership in the committee’s
work. I will be president until June 30, 2013. And until
that day, I will work as hard as I have in the past. I love
Georgetown College and am grateful to have served here for
the past 21 years. Go Tigers!
Sincerely,
Biology majors Ashley Fox and Dennis
Propp with Dr. Tim Griffith, who teaches
the Science Careers Seminar (part of the
GCPALS program funded by HHMI) and
helps our students in the Seminar find
summer research internships.
2nd HHMI Grant Opens
Research Experiences to
More GC Students
Earlier this year, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
selected Georgetown College for a second consecutive grant
cycle to receive major funding ($1.1 million) for creating
more engaging science classes, making real-world research
experiences possible and increasing the diversity of students
who study science. Dr. Mark Christensen continues to be the
director of Georgetown’s HHMI Program.
GC, which received $1.3 million the first time (2008), was
one of only 47 small colleges and universities in the U.S.
awarded – and once again, the only Kentucky institution to
get HHMI support! Said Provost Rosemary Allen, “This is
compelling endorsement of what we do at Georgetown.”
Thus far, the grant has impressively allowed 55 students to
do research projects working under leading scientists around
the country. Two exemplary “faces” of this past summer’s 19
researchers are junior Biology majors Ashley Fox of Corbin
and Dennis Propp of Crestwood. Not only are they committed
Christian scholars, they’re also active in campus life.
Ashley Fox worked under Dr. Andrew M. Davidoff,
pediatric surgeon and Department Chair of Surgery at St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. She spent
almost every day in the lab doing research on glioblastomas
(brain tumors). She especially loved volunteering once a
week at the Memphis Grizzlies House, a place (similar to a
hotel) where outpatients stay a few days while receiving care
at St. Jude. She said, “My volunteering consisted of coming
up with a theme and then planning activities for the kids
according to that theme.”
Interested in Pediatric Oncology for some time, Ashley is
now considering other aspects of medicine. She said, “I have
recently been thinking about plastic surgery so that I can
help children with cleft lips and burn victims.”
Well known for her extracurricular activities – Dance
Marathon (PR chair), the Student Abolitionist Movement
(treasurer) and Habitat for Humanity (president), this Parks
Scholar is in the Honors Program and tutors in several
subjects. She always makes time to volunteer off campus
with some career-related organization; this semester she’s
interning with Mission Frankfort Clinic in the state capital.
A Chemistry and Psychology double minor, she’ll study the
latter this spring at GC’s Oxford University partner, Regent’s
Park College.
Dennis Propp worked in the Vanderbilt Vaccine
Research Program under Dr. Derek J. Williams of the
prestigious Nashville institution’s School of Medicine. The
study was to determine the population-based incidence and
etiology of community-acquired pneumonia that caused
hospitalizations among children and adults in the U.S.
He also got to shadow his mentor on his rounds in
Vanderbilt’s Children’s Hospital. Dennis said, “I want to go
into pediatrics one day, and working with him has really
reinforced that goal. I have found a lot of particular interest
on infectious disease, and perhaps doing research again in
the future on various harmful bacteria and viruses to people.”
Dennis, who was born in Latvia, is a double minor in
German and Chemistry. A Christian Leaders Scholar, he is
involved in Lambda Chi Alpha’s food drives and has served
as recruitment chair and ritualist. He’s also an Admissions
tour guide, part of the Campus Outreach Leadership Team
and SHMAC (Student Health Mental Advisory Council) and
volunteers with Big Brothers/Big Sisters. •
INSIGHTS • 4
COVER STORY
Nilofar Haidary and Sabera Daqiq
Agents of
Change
Afghani Students
Seek A Better
Homeland & More
International GC
I knew from the moment I read the application essays by Sabera and
Nilofar that I had to do whatever I could to help them realize their dream
of study in America.
The first lines of Sabera’s essay were haunting: “I am Sabera Daqiq—
Daqiq in Dari means very precise and to the point. Yes. This is how life
has taught me to be…..As an Afghan girl whose life’s merciless, unfavorable and unusual circumstances have gone through several ups and
downs, atrocities and miseries, insults and deprivations, violations and
discriminations, I am what my name says.” Her story of determination is
inspiring—so much accomplished, and she’s only 17.
I was equally struck by Nilofar’s essay: “I am confident that my dedication and passion toward studying and working for womHow You en will lead me to reach my destination….Throughout
Can Help my life, I have always known that helping others and
A Message from
being an effective person to others would be an imporRosemary Allen
tant part of my career. My parents raised me with the
belief that we must constantly struggle to touch the lives of the people
around us, and I believe it with my full heart.” Both of these women are
committed to making life better in a country that is at a tipping point.
Even before the tragic news of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai’s shooting
by the Taliban in Pakistan, Sabera and Nilofar had the bravery to risk their
lives to pursue an ideal. How could I fail to support that courage?
I have pledged to raise $20,000 per year to help offset the college’s
costs in providing these extraordinary women with an education. Fundraising is a task outside my comfort zone—I’m an academic—but I could
not pass up this opportunity to make a difference in their lives. They have
a mission—and my mission is to make their mission possible.
Thanks to gifts from faculty, alumni, and the Lillian Goldman Trust, we
are partway to this year’s goal, but more help is needed. If you would
like to help, please go to the Georgetown College website and make a
gift directed to the “Afghani Student Fund.”
INSIGHTS • 5
By DR. ROSEMARY ALLEN
Nilofar Haidary and Sabera Daqiq
are women with a mission - a mission
of change for Afghanistan.
Both grew up in war-torn Afghanistan,
fearful for their lives. Both spent time
in refugee camps. But both also came
from families that value and support education, and their mission is
to expand the access to education in
Afghanistan, particularly for women.
The two women learned about us
through our partner, the Foundation for
Afghanistan. Georgetown College has
supported this mission by promising
scholarship support for all four years of
their college education.
They’ve earned this support through
a lifetime of hard work and dedication.
Sabera was selling plastic bags in a
refugee camp when she was four years
old and has worked for most of her 17
years to support herself and help her
family. Nilofar has worked to support
herself and her family while seeking
educational opportunity, including
a year at the American University of
Central Asia.
Both ardent supporters of rights and protection for women, Sabera and Nilofar acknowledge “We have always been
different” in a society that has a tradition of limited expectations for women. The difference was increased when both
spent a year of high school in America on scholarship. Sabera attended school in Frederick, Maryland (where she won
a National History Day competition), and Nilofar studied in
Euless, Texas (and raised money for the homeless as part of a
project where she gave 100 hours of community service).
Upon their return to their home town of Kabul in Afghanistan, both found ways to use their education and fresh perspectives to serve their country. Nilofar became an activist in
the organization Young Women for Change and took a stand
in a public protest of the mistreatment of women. Her words
in defense of the rights of women were quoted in press
publications around the world. Sabera started an Englishlanguage library in Kabul, and a restaurant for women only
(who can feel uncomfortable dining alone in public), and a
website where Afghani women can sell handicrafts.
These two may be the same age as the typical American
high school graduate, but they have already seen and done
more than most American teens can imagine. And yet, in
spite of everything, they are still simply young women heading off to college, learning time management skills and how
to be prepared for the next test.
The biggest adjustment for both young women (ages 17
and 18) is that they are so far from their families. Nilofar
talks of the more than 200 people in her extended family who will come together to support each other, part of
a family that is more like a single unit than a collection of
individuals. “Everyone helps, and no one expects thanks,”
said Sabera; “It is like we are all one person. You don’t thank
your hand for picking up a glass.”
Sabera credits much of her dedication to education to the
support of her family. Her father used to go without medicines in the refugee camp in order to purchase the oil that
fueled the lamp that allowed her to continue her studies.
Nilofar’s family risked the disapproval of their community to
send their daughter to America for an education.
“American life is like a train,” said Sabera—you can plan
to get on at the first stop, proceed peacefully to your destination, and take the trip for granted. “In Afghanistan, life
ON THE COVER: Dr. Rosemary Allen, Provost
of the College, left, with Sabera Daqiq and Nilofar
Haidary. Nilofar, right, quickly got involved by writing
for The Georgetonian, while Sabera has been elected
to student government and serves as a senator. Both
are also active in United Nations of Georgetown.
Photos by Lauren Meister ‘13
Afghanistan
is a roller coaster. We don’t know what comes next.” The
uncertainties can be terrifying—but there is hope for a more
stable future.
Daily life has changed in Kabul over the last several years,
as refugees have returned home and brought with them their
experiences from abroad. “The only thing that can make
you stronger is your experiences,” said Sabera. “Experience
teaches you to understand the hearts and cultures of other
people.”
Both Sabera and Nilofar note that opportunities for
women have increased in Kabul—“Girls can go to work
and to school.” Returning refugees have brought a range of
experiences and perspectives, and the culture in the city is
more diverse.
“If the changes we have witnessed continue for 20 more
years, it will be a very different country,” said Sabera. Both
agreed that the biggest obstacle to progress is the lack of
access to education—not only for women, but for youth in
general. A limited number of university slots are available,
and 30,000 applicants a year are turned away—“30,000
losing their hope every year because they miss educational
opportunity.” The danger, Sabera suggests, is that these uneducated young people are more susceptible to the control
of authoritarian leadership. “That’s how we get more Talibs.”
Both women decry government corruption and are concerned that too many government leaders remain the same,
even when regimes change. They agree, “We need educated
youth to replace that old leadership.”
These women see themselves as the leaders of the future.
“We have to help too. That’s why we are here,” said Sabera.
“I have to change the world for my children. I cannot wait
and hope my children will change it for their children.”
They are grateful for their communities of support—their
families in Afghanistan, their host families in the United
States, the churches that have welcomed them, “…and the
big community of Georgetown College that supports us to
do what we are doing.” •
INSIGHTS • 6
Knight Hall
Community
Experience
Turns ‘Three
Musketeers’ into
Stronger BFFs
By CAITLIN KNOX ‘14
ABOVE: Two thumbs up for their new digs,
Hambrick Village! Lauren Von Ohlen, left, Kelsey
Friedrich, and Keira Lopez are three of many
young women who first bonded at Knight Hall
over the years.
Photos by Wesley Folsom ‘15
INSIGHTS • 7
Georgetown College sophomores Keira Lopez, Lauren Von Ohlen and Kelsey
Friedrich wouldn’t be the close friends and roommates they are today in popular,
new Hambrick Village were it not for “surviving” Knight Hall together. Looking back, Lauren remembers the sense of community more than any of
the legendary inconveniences of the 52-year-old freshman women’s dormitory.
“Everyone is in the same boat and you just pull together…that makes you closer.”
One of Lauren’s favorite memories from freshman year was the last night before
summer break. “We literally had mattresses all over our floor for other girls who
were already packed-up to leave the next day,” she recalled.
In fact, Lauren and Kelsey always had an extra mattress in their room “for
anyone with roommate issues or drama in their lives,” Lauren said. “It was also
available to any girl whose roommate was going home for the weekend and
didn’t want to sleep alone.”
Taking on the challenges of Knight Hall together and turning them into fun
adventures certainly made this trio tight.
“People call us the ‘Three Amigos’ or ‘The Three Musketeers,’” the three
roommates said in unison. They have each other on speed dial. “Everything
we do together is an event,” said Lauren. “If they see Kelsey and me, they ask
‘where’s Keira?’ and vice versa.” Randomly-picked roomies Lauren and Kelsey were in room 151 of Knight.
Keira, who met Lauren during freshman orientation, was at the opposite end of
the hall in 123. The three knew going in that Knight’s lack of air conditioning would be the
biggest challenge, but were undaunted. “We knew to come prepared with lots
of fans,” said Keira.
Originally from Denver, Kelsey had the hardest time with the Kentucky heat and
humidity. “I was struggling, because in
Colorado it’s a very dry heat.” The three became closer when
Lauren and Kelsey soon moved
right across the hall from Keira. “I
don’t think the three of us would
be as good of friends if that hadn’t
happened,” Lauren said.
The trio started doing everything
together. “We bonded over our skin
frying (Sun Tan City’s Free Tanning
Week), taking turns driving, and we
all shared the addiction of Starbucks,”
Kelsey said. They got involved in
Ashley Fritsch, top left, a fourth roommate, and Haley Ingram, far right, a senior from Owensboro
campus activities like SHMAC (Student
Catholic High on a campus visit, joined Kelsey, left, Keira and Lauren in their Hambrick kitchenette.
Healthy Mentality Awareness Club)
and GSI (Georgetown Sustainability
“I actually have the option to take a bath,” Keira added.
Initiative). They were orientation leaders for this year’s
They plan to start cooking soon. “We are going to bake in the
freshman class, and Lauren and Kelsey co-host a radio show,
commons because they have brand new ovens,” Kelsey said.
“The Fuzz,” Wednesday nights on the campus station (WRVG).
Much like Knight Hall, there is a community aspect that
They also found that pranking helped laugh away the
they all love. “Everyone’s doors are always open to anyone,
struggles of Knight Hall. “I used to prank everyone in the
and there is a good group of people that live here,” Keira said. hallway,” Keira admitted. “My roommates and I went up and
They haven’t tried the doormat prank in Hambrick, but
down each floor and
warned it may happen soon. “The games will begin...It will be
switched everyone’s
all-out war,” Kelsey promised. •
doormats.” That was the first
of many pranks
that went on in
- Kelsey Friedrich, on why a Colorado
their hall. Months
girl would choose GC for college
of planning went
into giant pyramids of cups so a neighbor couldn’t open her
door, covering an entire wall in Post-It notes and enveloping
an entire car with newspapers, with Post-Its blocking the
windows.
All three friends are involved in athletics in some form:
Keira, an Exercise Science and Psychology double minor
(Communications major) from Louisville, is on the varsity
tennis team and is an intramurals supervisor; Lauren, an
Athletic Training major and Global Scholar from Louisville, is
a member of the varsity golf team; Kelsey, a Communications/
Business double major, works in the Athletics Department.
After making the most of their shared Knight Hall
experiences, the trio decided to live together in Hambrick
Village, or “The Brick of Ham,” as they fondly call the recently
dedicated townhouses on Military Street. So far, Kelsey said
“it’s good! We lucked out.” When asked what they liked best
about their new living quarters so far, the responses varied. “I can walk around barefoot, it’s the best feeling in the
world,” Kelsey said with a sigh. “I can shower without shower shoes!” Lauren exclaimed. how I ended up here.
“
I was motivated by
“Admissions...
that’s
INSIGHTS
INSIGHTS •• 88
Owsley Was ‘Meant to Be’
Alumni Relations Director
Director’s Spotlight: Farabee/Pearce Family
Throughout my Georgetown experiences, I have met a lot of
multi-generational and multi-layered connections with the College. I have a short family line myself, including my sister, niece,
and several cousins who attended or graduated from GC.
One such group is the Farabee/Pearce family. Sarah Farabee
Pearce ’00 and Troy Pearce ’01 are perfect examples of class
and courage, always finding hope in times of doubt. And their
Georgetown family (both related and acquired) has been a real
source of encouragement.
Sarah chose Georgetown to keep the family tradition alive, following in the footsteps of her sister, Melanie Farabee Christmas
(‘97), father, Gerald Farabee (‘70), uncle, Darrell Farabee (‘70)
and brother-in-law Scott Christmas (‘97). She met her husband,
Troy, during her senior year while attending Men’s Bid Day.
They’ve been married for 11 years. Sarah told me, “I have so
many good memories - Songfest with my Sigma Kappa sorority
sisters, representing PHA in Belle of the Blue, and those simple
recollections of spending some of the best years living with my
best friends. I hope our children continue the tradition.”
Troy is a member of Kappa Alpha and played on the golf team.
He attended dental school at the University of Kentucky. He now
has a dental practice in Cincinnati’s Carew Tower. Troy said,
“There are so many memories from activities involving KA, the
golf team and our spring break trips to Myrtle Beach escorted by
Coach Flash Williams, to meeting my wife-to-be on Bid Day. GC
and KA molded me into the husband, father, and doctor that I am
today. I hope my kids will be able to share Georgetown with us.”
Following in Sarah and Troy’s footsteps will hopefully be a
wave of future Tigers – including Hagen (age 9), Catcher (age 5),
and two-year-old triplets Campbell, Presley and Macallan. “Our
little Presley is nothing short of a miracle, born at 1-lb, 6-oz
and enduring 8 surgeries so far,” said Sarah. “Our friends from
Georgetown have been so wonderful and a consistent support.”
Sarah and Troy will always be a part of the Georgetown family
– and families support each other in the good times and the bad.
Their story is a classic example of what many others have experienced during their years at GC. We are forever connected. I can’t
wait to see these future Tigers take this campus by storm!
My Georgetown College journey
started long ago when, as a goofy
eight-year-old, I got the chance to
hang out with my sister and her
friends who were living in Flowers Hall. I was the wide-eyed kid
Laura Owsley
who loved being on campus to
visit. I’d say that my coming to Georgetown as
a student was ‘meant to be’! A few years later,
I remember an impromptu visit to campus with
my parents one wintry day as we were headed to
a basketball game just down the road. Mrs. Joyce
Davis was there to greet me and walk me around
campus. Yes, my decision was made. I was going
to be a Georgetown Tiger!
The rest, as they say, is history. I loved my days
at Georgetown so much that I came back as
an employee in 2005! I love being surrounded
every day by caring and talented faculty and staff
along with bright and compassionate students.
I have also met some amazing alumni over the
years who have achieved great success as a
result of their Georgetown experience. I love
hearing their stories, such as how a professor
gave them a push to go for their dreams or how
they still get together with their GC buddies 50
years later. The Georgetown experience was, and
still is, the best time of my life.
In July 2012, I transitioned into my dream
job as Director of Alumni Relations. It has been
a whirlwind few months - everything one can
imagine, from forming a new Alumni Board
to planning Homecoming festivities to hosting
alumni events. But I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world. GC is trying to connect with
more alumni; we want to hear from you! Maybe
you’ve landed a new job, retired from your
career, gotten married, had a baby, or moved to
a new city. Let us know! We want to brag about
our wonderful alumni to prospective students (future Tigers!) but we can’t do it if we don’t know
what you’re doing! I encourage you to go to the
Georgetown College Online Alumni Community
to reconnect with your friends. It’s easy to sign
up – go to my.georgetowncollege.edu/ICS/
Alumni/.
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INSIGHTS • 9
?
why
GC
Why a student chooses Georgetown College is often answered
with “because it just ‘fit’ me” or “everyone was so welcoming
and smiling.” Once out in the world, GC alumni generally
point to academic excellence, study abroad, involvement in
campus and/or Greek life, faculty members who reached out
and changed their direction, and the lifelong friendships.
What follows are a baker’s dozen mini-profiles of devoted
Georgetown alumni who’ve recently been in the news, or
going in new, interesting directions. They’ll tell you Why GC!
Melanie Ladd’s Experience Invaluable to GC Now
Melanie Thomas Ladd ’94 is the
perfect alumna to speak to prospective
students about her alma mater, to rev
up fellow alumni in the Lexington area
to reconnect with GC and, as part of
the search committee, to help the College identify candidates for a successor
to President Crouch.
A member of our newly created
Alumni Advisory Board, Melanie has
taken service to Georgetown College
to a level few could without such a
unique leadership background. On top
of being SGA Speaker of the House one
year, and president of Sigma Kappa’s
’92 pledge class, she was a President’s
Ambassador – learning how to talk to
and represent in front of successful
alumni and donors, and help President
Crouch reach her fellow students.
Ambassador Melanie’s life would
never be the same after speaking at a
GC Foundation Board retreat at Johnson
& Johnson headquarters in NJ.
“Being a PA really prepared me for
going out into the business world,”
said Melanie, who first took full advantage of her liberal arts education
and changed majors from Chemistry
(pre-dentistry) to Political Science. She
then would decide against law school
after college and ran a large transportation and logistics business instead. The
company’s biggest client turned out to
Melanie and Jason Ladd, who didn’t really know
each other until after graduating in ’94, at the
Young Alumni Tent at Homecoming 2012. Jason,
a Lambda Chi who graduated summa cum laude
in Marketing & Finance, is now a CPA and Controller for Exceptional Living Centers.
be the Federal Reserve Bank and she
credits the PA experience for preparing
her to “sit down with” its board.
Before Melanie went into the business world full-time, President Crouch
recruited her to be his administrative
assistant for two years. “Working with
Dr. Crouch, I really got to see how a
college operates,” said Melanie, whose
knowledge should be invaluable during
the upcoming presidential search.
Also, as a member of the Alumni
Advisory Board, she knows how
important their role is in the critical
area of recruiting students – as well as
representing alums who are passionate about Georgetown. “We realize
now that if each one of us recruits one
student a year that brings in a lot of
needed money to the college,” she said.
“Besides, we are the best at recruiting…
we know what we got from the Georgetown Experience.”
Putting her actions where her mouth
and heart are, Melanie was a table host
at last spring’s Celebrating Scholars dinner for gifted high school seniors who
were considering GC. Then, she was a
featured speaker on Move-In Day 2012,
telling freshmen (and their parents),
“Georgetown College is your blank
slate and you will leave a better version
of yourself.”
Having sold the company two years
ago, Melanie’s having a blast devoting
more time to making her alma mater
stronger. That includes, as Regional
Alumni Coordinator for Fayette County,
organizing a couple of events a year in
Lexington such as a recent Keeneland
tailgate. E-mail her at melanie_ladd@
georgetowncollege.edu if you have a
suggestion, or just want to connect.
She also has time now to finish her
first novel and perhaps prove professor
Todd Coke right nearly 20 years later.
(“He said, ‘you need to be an English
major’.”)
Melanie isn’t sure she wants to
publish this work of Christian fiction.
“This may just be a learning process,”
she said. “But, someday I hope to write
vocationally.” •
INSIGHTS • 10
why GC?
Paul Archey, who oversees
the World Baseball Classic,
spoke at the opening of the
MLB Academy in Wuxi,
China.
Baseball’s Paul Archey Knows the Global Marketplace
As Major League Baseball’s Senior
Vice President of International Business
Relations, Paul Archey ’85 is overseeing
perhaps the biggest global sporting
event outside the Olympics and
soccer’s World Cup.
“What makes those events successful
is the name of the country across the
chest,” said Paul, who knows the World
Baseball Classic holds unique personal
interest for American fans. “Here you
may see (Cincinnati Reds stars) Joey
Votto playing for Canada and Johnny
Cueto for the Dominican Republic.”
Expanded from 16 countries to 28,
the 2013 Classic has not been a hard
sell. “A lot of countries were chomping
at the bit to get in,” said Paul, who was
at the helm of the first two classics in
’06 and ’09.
The first round sites – Phoenix;
Fukuoka, Japan; Taichung, Taiwan;
and San Juan, Puerto Rico – are
evidence that he still has to do a lot
INSIGHTS • 11
of international traveling. Miami and
Tokyo are hosts for the second round;
San Francisco has the semis and finals.
Georgetown gave Paul Archey an
opportunity to play baseball – second
base and shortstop – and eventually
make an Athletes in Action team that
played in such countries as Sweden and
Czechoslovakia. “Now, 30 years later,
the Czech Republic is competing in the
WBC,” he proudly mused.
As for the classroom, Paul said,
“Georgetown gave me a liberal arts
education that served me well as a
foundation to move forward.”
Georgetown is also where this Phi
Tau met the Kappa Delta he married,
Deena Johnson ‘85. In a Sports Business
Daily feature on him two years ago,
Archey gave her this praise for being a
major influence in his career: “My wife,
who encouraged me to take chances
and supported me when I did.” What it
didn’t say was Deena gave him a copy
of Shoeless Joe – the book from which
the movie Field of Dreams was based
– when they were engaged in ‘89 and
urged him to dream big.
Deena completed her graduate
studies at Columbia University
(Teachers College), then taught and
supervised student teachers in NYC and
Australia before becoming a stay-athome mother.
While raising their children, she
volunteered extensively at their church,
the Darien (CT) schools and community
involving fundraising and civic
projects. Currently she’s a deacon at
Norton Heights Presbyterian.
The Archeys have three children:
Jake, a sophomore at Bucknell
University and catcher on the baseball
team; Megan, a freshman at Wake
Forest University, where she plays club
field hockey; and Peter, a high school
sophomore who plays football and
baseball. •
Many Enjoy
Sharing in Anita
Smith’s Successes
Seems like every faculty member
who had a part in the GC Experience of
Anita Smith ’11 is eager to stay in her
loop. The day before she began working
with a Louisville accounting firm this
October, she visited with 10 former
professors (two English, two Spanish,
five Business, and lunch with History
professor Ellen Emerick).
All are enjoying Anita’s success,
which almost seemed guaranteed
once the College’s Brian Evans heavily
recruited her from the high school
where he’d done some football
coaching, Louisville’s Pleasure Ridge
Park. She felt so wanted here she passed
on a full ride to Howard University.
“Georgetown just seemed to ‘fit’ me,”
she recalled.
Ernst & Young, where she’s a staff
Proud of her graduate work at Wake Forest,
Anita Smith ‘11 met up in the WOW Grille
with English professor Kimberly Gift, one of
10 GC professors she visited one day.
auditor now, saw a future star employee
during a second summer internship
and signed her to a contract two
years ago! Not one to waste any time
during her college career, Anita did an
internship in nonprofit accounting her
first summer, then expanded her world
by working for Teach for America the
summer after graduation.
African American leaders in her
hometown recognized her star quality
in the fall of her junior year. Anita was
invited to be one of three speakers
President’s Pick,
Wife Make Most
of Second Chance
In many ways – especially faith
and determination – Doug and Laura
(Levy) McDonald came back stronger
than ever from a head-on automobile
accident in 2008. Both had serious,
multiple injuries, but Doug had to relearn to walk, talk and think critically.
A GC groundskeeper at the time
of the wreck, Doug worked hard at
rehabilitation and gradually earned
his degree this Spring in Psychology –
winning the department’s top award at
Academic Honor’s Day.
Now in the University of Kentucky’s
Rehabilitation Counseling program and
serving as their student government
co-president, he looks back on his
After receiving the President’s Honor Award at
Commencement 2012 from Dr. Crouch, right,
Doug McDonald posed with his wife, Laura,
and their daughter, Clarke Elizabeth
Georgetown experience with great
appreciation. “Many of my professors
went out of their way in giving ideas
about what I could do post-graduation
that would be meaningful.”
Doug is using his education and
second chance at life to work with the
brain injury community and be a strong
advocate for legislation in support of
post-acute cognitive rehabilitation.
at the Who’s Who in Black Louisville
Celebration. Bishop Scholar Stella
Brown ’10 and successful businessman
and former U of L basketball star Junior
Bridgeman were the others.
While excelling in the classroom,
Anita was quietly active in Ambassadors
for Diversity and at the Writing
Center. She was also invited to join
the honorary society Phi Kappa Phi.
Dr. Crouch noticed Anita’s potential,
selecting her for his President’s Honor
Award at Commencement 2011.
“I was so shocked,” she said. “That
was extremely meaningful. It was really
nice to know that hard work pays off
and that people recognize what you do
publicly and privately.”
The president also steered her to
his alma mater, which has the No.
1 CPA pass rate in the nation. Wake
Forest University climbed aboard her
starship and awarded her a full tuition
scholarship. A year later, naturally she
passed the CPA exam and graduated
with distinction. •
Laura ’06 had a great Georgetown
campus life experience, playing all
intramural sports and running with
leadership opportunities such as being
president of Sigma Kappa in 2005.
Laura said, “I was fortunate to receive
a great education in the classroom,
but am most thankful for an out-ofclassroom experience my junior year.”
Laura became hooked on eventplanning after she and best friend Emily
(Collins) Green planned a luncheon
and scramble to raise funds for GC’s
golf team and First Tee Scholars.
Small wonder she’s already director
of marketing and training for Fortune
Hi-Tech Marketing. Laura even taught
event-planning as a Georgetown
adjunct before receiving her MS in
Integrated Marketing Communications
from West Virginia University in May.
In November, she started Impressions
Marketing and Events. •
INSIGHTS • 12
why GC?
Love of Teaching Won Out for Allison Hunt
In mid-October, Allison Martin
Hunt ‘99, an AP Geography teacher at
Louisville’s duPont Manual, was named
2013 Kentucky High School Teacher of
the Year – one of the three top prizes
awarded by Ashland Inc. and the
Kentucky Department of Education.
When she entered Georgetown
College, teaching was in the back of her
mind, but she was dissuaded by others
at the time from pursuing education
as a career. Yet, today she says some
of her best models of teaching came
from here. It is significant to her that
professors at Georgetown “are focused
on teaching students as opposed to
research,” Allison said. Drs. Zahi Haddad and Keon Chi
helped her develop an area studies
major integrating Political Science
and Business Administration. “Since
I had knowledge of economics,
government, and history I have been
able to teach a wide variety of courses
which has not only benefited my
INSIGHTS • 13
career, but has benefited my students,”
she said the week after winning the
Ashland award. “As a result, I think
of everything in an interdisciplinary
manner.”
She also loved that a small liberal arts
college allowed her to be so active. In
the two-plus years it took for Allison to
graduate (!), she managed a successful
Investment Team, was Speaker Pro
Tempore with AGS (forerunner to SGA),
competed on the Speech and Debate
team, and was a member of Phi Mu.
She loved her first job out of college
as an investment representative,
experiencing success as a beginning
broker; but she did not enjoy the sales
aspect. She said, “When I sat down and
really thought about what I enjoyed
and what I felt like I was meant to do
I kept coming back to the same thing
- teaching.” Fortunately, the same
company enabled her to assist another
investment representative so she could
get her MA in Teaching at the University
of Louisville. •
Allison with first-graders
Sasha (7), left, and Losha
(6) whom she and Toney
Hunt adopted from
Russia 2 ½ years ago.
Her husband is a senior
director of finance for a
Louisville engineering
firm.
Hearnes Believe
in Third Chance
Joshua ’05 and Jessica (Forge)
‘04 Hearne serve as missionaries to
the homeless, near-homeless, poor
and addicted in southern Virginia.
Commissioned in June by the
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, they
lead – and live within – the intentional
Christian community called Grace &
Main Fellowship in Danville, VA. It has
no building, but spends 100 percent of
donations on direct service.
“This is cutting-edge ministry,” said
Academy of Preachers founder Dwight
Moody, Dean of Chapel when the
Hearnes were at Georgetown and now
on Joshua’s Third Chance Ministries
board. “To move in as resident
missionaries to this urban community is
striking, noble, innovative.”
But, when Joshua came to
Georgetown, he had given up on Jesus
and Christianity – until his professors
of Religion and Philosophy (his double
major) convinced him to read the
Scriptures again. Joshua, who was
on a Pastors Christian Leadership
scholarship, rediscovered that “love
was big enough to change the world.”
He added, “Georgetown College
gave me the freedom to explore these
questions without providing answers.”
Jessica, a Parks Scholar, was a
member of Phi Mu, the Academic
Team, the Dean’s Ambassadors and Phi
Kappa Phi. In part because they both
Last December, Dave Huffman and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice posed with
one of the refugee families at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian near Atlanta. He thought it especially
appropriate since these relocated Burmese people came to the U.S. through the auspices of the
State Department. Rice, a close cousin of one of Huffman’s team members, visits the church every
year around Christmas.
GC Gave Huffman
Much of His
Humanitarian Spirit
For the last decade of his career,
Dave Huffman ’80 was Chief Scientist
for the division of an Atlanta company
that primarily produced pilot’s cockpit
displays for all types of military aircraft.
He was responsible for research and
development of new products and
technologies. As an engineer with L-3
Communications Display Systems, he
knows the excitement of developing
futuristic devices like roll-up computer
were in Chorale and Chamber Singers,
the couple started dating when he
was a sophomore. As a senior, Joshua
agreed to serve as Chorale president a
second time “if they agreed to call me
‘Caesar’,” he laughed.
The GC Chorale again proved to be
important to the couple last spring.
Director John Campbell was uncertain
about the group’s annual spring tour
itinerary until he heard from Joshua.
“You need to come here,” he implored;
his prayer was answered.
Joshua must support himself through
fundraising as he does God’s work with
Grace & Main. Jessica, who was an Art
major (with teacher certification) and
History minor, teaches third grade.
A volunteer missionary, Jessica said,
“This gives us an opportunity to minister
to some of the most marginalized
people in this part of Virginia.” She
added, “That’s what we are passionate
about – building relationships with
people indiscriminately.” •
screens that fit in your pocket.
When his wife, Laura, took on a
new career as an intellectual property
attorney with a major international law
firm, Dave decided on early retirement
(at age 53) and being a stay-at-homedad for their 15-year-old son, Matthew.
Then, while searching for meaningful
ways to volunteer, Dave had a “real
God moment” – his pastor in Duluth,
GA, showed him he could be truly vital
to refugee families relocating to the
area from the Chin State of Burma.
“(The refugees) trust me completely,”
he said with reverent appreciation
of his rare situation. He takes great
pleasure in driving the Burmese
parents to such appointments as
teacher conferences or the dentist,
while also trying to help them become
independent. “I’m seeing everything
through new eyes, and it’s fun to
explain things that most Americans
Continued on page 17
INSIGHTS • 14
why GC?
Professor Emeritus of
History Lindsey Apple,
left, caught up with
his former student, Tim
Furnish, in October.
Islamic World Expert Learned to Think for Himself Here
A leading scholar on Islam and its
many sects, Tim Furnish ’82 has words
of wisdom for the majority of us who
don’t understand how a large number
of Muslims around the world, including
violent Jihadists, would hate the United
States.
“It’s possible for – and even,
sometimes, incumbent upon –
Americans in general and Christians
in particular to disagree with Muslims
without rancor; we don’t have to
sacrifice either our Western values
or our Christian beliefs in order to be
their friends,” said Tim, who recently
had several impactful sessions with our
Global Scholars and other students.
“Islam truly is a different system,
religiously and politically, and we
should not be afraid to point that out;
but it is a religion and civilization in
which there is much good, and many
good people – which we should never
forget.”
Worth remembering, Tim pointed
out during that campus visit in early
October (just after the terrorist attack
on the American embassy in Libya):
the number of Muslims in the U.S. has
doubled since 9/11.
That same fateful year of 2001, he
finished a Ph.D. in Islamic History at
Ohio State University. Now an Islamic
World Consultant to the U.S. Military
– as well as an author – Tim was an
Arabic linguist in the 101st Airborne
Division during the Reagan years.
With an M.A.R. in Church History
and Theology from Concordia
Seminary, he was commissioned as a
(Christian) Army chaplain.
The fascinating path Tim has
taken started in college. He wrote,
“Georgetown taught me to think for
myself within Christian parameters.
Dr. Fred Hood, who was at that
time head of the American Studies
program, taught me to read and
think analytically. I also learned at
Georgetown – via fraternity life, student
government, sports, The Georgetonian
and even intramurals – how to fit into
communities (some with people quite
different than I had grown up around in
Warsaw, KY)…and just how important
such small, close-knit groups are.“
And, active Tim was: Phi Tau
fraternity, including president in 1981;
SGA Executive Council, 1981-82; The
Georgetonian as writer, political editor
and co-editor, 1979-82; Varsity Baseball
as a freshman and Track (javelin) as a
junior.
From Steve May, professor of English
as well as his close friend to this day, he
said he learned “the value of being both
a gentleman and a scholar.”
Always refreshingly outspoken, Tim
added, “Although, in my case, perhaps the latter root took more than the
former.”
He and the retired Dr. May get
together sometimes still “to go watch
the Bard at the Shakespeare Tavern in
Atlanta.” •
Follow Tim Furnish on Mahdiwatch.org
INSIGHTS • 15
Networking Pays
Off with TV Gigs
A Communication & Media Studies
major and Political Science minor,
Hillary Thornton ’12 couldn’t have
picked a more fitting first day in the real
work world at WYMT-TV – Nov. 5, the
day before Election Day.
“WKYT’s eastern Kentucky station
is a perfect place for me to start my
reporting career,” said the former
News Director for WRVG, the
campus radio station. She anchored
its daily newscasts and also worked
for Tiger Sports Network. Hillary was
also involved in SGA as a Senate
member and served Sigma Kappa as
Executive Vice President and the VP of
Membership; plus she organized the
sorority’s Purple Tie Affair fund-raiser
for Alzheimer’s last year.
Landing the television job is the
result of several smart moves: Hillary
Varied Background
Readies Otis for
Starting Gate
Mandy Smith Otis ’98 helped launch
The Race for Education in central
Kentucky before being appointed in
August to the newly created position
of executive director of its offshoot,
Starting Gate – a college readiness and
reading program designed to engage
middle school children.
Prior to landing on her current
Education path, this Political Science
major (History and Philosophy double
minor) put together a wonderfully
varied background – including
extensive experience writing grants
along the way: five years with a
software/finance company in Nashville,
an MA in International Relations from
the University of Kentucky’s Patterson
School of Diplomacy and International
During her post-graduate internship at NBC
during the Olympics, Hillary Thornton
worked with full-timers on the Today Show,
Dateline, MSNBC, Rock Center, and Nightly
News. Her boss while there, Kaare Numme,
is a producer for Sunday Night Football.
jumped at the chance to be a student
greeter at a March 2011 reception
for Tom Hammond, guest of one of
Billy Reed’s “Conversations with
Champions,” and she let the famed
NBC sports commentator recommend
her for a post-graduate internship at the
network’s New York headquarters. She
won a coveted spot to work 10-12-hour
days during NBC’s round-the-clock
coverage of the London Olympics!
“As a young journalist, getting to
work in what I see as the Mecca for
broadcast news...30 Rock was a once
in a lifetime opportunity,” she said.
“And I certainly owe the opportunity to
Tom Hammond and the networking I
was able to do at GC.”
Hillary only got one day off during
the Olympiad, but loved every minute.
Even before the Games started, she
logged all the scenic shots from London
and created graphics. During the
Games, she worked in the main feed
room and made sure all the correct
events were coming in on the right
channel; then she clipped the event
or interview to send to whichever show
was airing it. She also got to edit some
highlight packages that were shown.
“The crazy hours, fast pace, and
competitiveness are a few of the things
that made me fall more in love with the
career and realize it is perfect for me,”
Hillary said. •
Starting Gate director
Mandy Otis, right,
looked in on GC
intern Allie White, a
sophomore Education major from
Lawrenceburg, as she
worked with Bourbon County Middle
sixth-graders Hailey
and Thomas.
Commerce, then jobs with state
Congressman Ben Chandler and later
the Kentucky Office of Homeland
Security.
“Because it was small, Georgetown
prepared me to wear a lot of hats,” said
Mandy, who was an orientation leader,
a VP of Standards for Kappa Delta, and
a President’s Ambassador.
“Being a P.A. was real exposure to
leadership. Dr. Crouch took me to talk
to the board of Johnson & Johnson (NJ)
about the program…and that broke
down my insecurities,” said the native
of Catlettsburg, who moved to Hazard
at 15 and graduated from high school
there.
One of her years, the Ambassadors
went to Italy – “my first time in Europe
and that gave me the travel bug.” She
claims that Dr. Keon Chi influenced her
applying later to the Patterson School.
Mandy and her husband, Jason
(owner of Catbird Printing), have been
married six years. They have two sons –
Isaac, 4, and Landon, 1. •
INSIGHTS • 16
why GC?
Andrea Heflin ‘05, sporting her
beloved Orange & Black colors,
helped close friend Ashley
Moore Anderson ’05 coordinate
a reception last December
for New York area alumni at
NFL headquarters in midtown
Manhattan.
Making the Right
Moves, NFL’s Heflin
Shows She’s Got Game
Andrea Heflin ’05 didn’t merely dream of working
in football at the highest level, she put herself in great
positions – from manager of the GC football team to
summer internships with the Cincinnati Bengals. She
also did post-graduate internships with the Mid-South
Conference headquarters and the NFL Indianapolis Colts.
The latter led to another internship and eventual job with
the National Football League.
Today, Heflin is a coordinator in the NFL’s football
operations department working primarily with their free
High School Player Development program which hosts
camps all over the country. Sponsored by the National
Guard, HSPD is part character development, part football
fundamentals. She’s currently involved with the planning of
a national 7-on-7 tournament for high school players who
will be on squads representing all 32 NFL teams in July.
Heflin loved football so much when she came to GC that
she acted upon some players’ suggestion that she “do the
water” for Coach Bill Cronin’s squad. She attended as a fan
the 2001 NAIA national title game won by the Tigers, then
went as team manager in ‘02 when they were runners-up.
“I did everything the football team did except put on the
pads,” recalled Heflin, who worked her way up to filming
for the offense. However, she worked most closely with
defensive coach Bruce Owens.
She so immersed herself in campus life – such as Phi Mu
and sports editor of The Georgetonian – that she was named
Ms. Georgetown as a senior. She graduated Phi Kappa
Phi and summa cum laude with majors in Communications
and Psychology.
Heflin said she originally wanted to be a foreign
ambassador, but after a few classes realized her passion was
Psychology, not Political Science.
“Dr. (Karyn) McKenzie helped shape my desire to
incorporate psychology into what I do with the NFL,” said
Heflin, who’s considering getting a doctorate in the field. “I
ask myself: How can I present material to the underserved
that’s effective, but not offensive?” •
huffman • Continued from page 14
take as commonplace. Try explaining
Halloween to a refugee from Burma!”
For Dave, who has taught
elementary Sunday School for years,
these humanitarian efforts are likely
ingrained. He was raised Southern
Baptist by Clark and June Huffman,
both GC Class of ’56.
“And, the Christian atmosphere at
Georgetown College is instilled. It may
lay dormant a while, but you don’t ever
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lose that,” said Dave, who was sports
editor of The Georgetonian back then.
Being a member of Phi Kappa Tau
fraternity, he said, “helped me learn
how to get along with people.”
As a participant in Georgetown’s
dual degree program, he received a
B.S. in Physics from GC and a Bachelor
of Electrical Engineering degree
from Georgia Tech. “Tech taught me
engineering, but Georgetown gave me
so much of who I am,” said Dave, who
reveres the relationships he had with
influencing professors like Steve Dyer
and Bart Dickinson.
“I’ve had no contact with Georgia
Tech professors since college, but
30 years later there are Georgetown
teachers who remember me,” said
Dave, a proud member of the
President’s Club. You may reach him at
[email protected]. •
Survivor and
Winner, Caldwell
Loves to Inspire
Noel Caldwell ’02 can’t seem to get
enough of his alma mater. A popular
campus visitor, the attorney-turnedstate-administrator has spoken to
political science classes, chemistry
classes and our First Tee Scholars
– and just before Election Day, he
accompanied his boss, Secretary of
State Alison Lundergan Grimes, who
stressed the importance of voting.
While a criminal prosecutor in
Lexington, Noel became friends with
Grimes and her husband. She asked
him to be her campaign treasurer, and
after winning, Grimes asked Noel to
be her Director of Business Filings.
“I really enjoy the legislative end,
working with the state senators and
representatives,” said Noel, whose
office registers every new business that
comes into Kentucky.
Noel’s real calling, though, is
Noel Caldwell, left, with Dr. Susan Campbell and Matt Dudgeon after her Chemistry & Cancer Class
inspiring everyone to be checked for
cancer – for he realizes he’s lucky to
have survived testicular cancer that
had spread to his liver. He’s passionate
about serving on the University of
Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center
Advisory Board. Cancer-free for seven
years, Noel has talked to schools in
Fayette County and never misses a
chance to speak to Dr. Susan Campbell’s
“Chemistry and Cancer Class” at GC.
As a student, Noel took classes from
Dr. Keon Chi and vividly remembers
9/11, when the popular Political
Science professor “was crying as he
Jonathan Fredrick, left, movie
veteran Tom Berenger, and
Boyd Holbrook in a scene
from “Hatfields & McCoys”
Is Fredrick Hollywood’s Real McCoy?
As the besotted, emotive Jefferson
McCoy in the History Channel’s
“Hatfields & McCoys” earlier this year,
Jonathan Fredrick ’01 met a shocking,
sudden end – a bullet between the eyes
from a long-rifle across the Tug River. He’s
hoping that the acclaimed miniseries will
be his second big career break.
Three Emmy parties later he’s made
some good connections. “Some doors
opened – some meetings, some good
relationships, but no new roles,”
Fredrick said from Los Angeles.
But, he’s undeterred. “Perseverance
will be the biggest part for me,” said
Fredrick, who took a chance on a
Hollywood internship as a student
because of a kind word from GC
Theatre professor George McGee.
Fredrick briefly played outfield for
explained the dynamics of terrorism…
and what was going on that day.” He
appreciated Jon Dalager, also an attorney,
for making a Civil Rights class “as close
to a law school class as he could.”
But, it was GC Football Coach Bill
Cronin whose words and lessons gave
him the courage to go to law school
– and perhaps fight cancer as well. “I
can’t say enough about Cronin,” said
Noel, who played wide receiver for
those Tiger national championship
teams of 2000 and ’01, and ’02 NAIA
runners-up. “He taught me to be a
man…no short-cuts.” •
GC’s baseball Tigers, but he really
wanted to act – and wasn’t sure he
could. He took all of McGee’s classes;
and, one day his life changed. “I’d
just delivered a monologue from
‘Hamlet’ in class and George came up
and said: ‘You should consider doing
Shakespeare in the Park’.”
“That was the first validation I’d
ever gotten,” recalled Fredrick. “One
comment like that (from your professor)
can mean the world!”
He’s in a short film he wrote and
directed – “Love in Our Time” – costarring Kristen Renton (of TV’s “Sons
of Anarchy”). He’s also written his first
feature film, a noir thriller, “Bleeding
Man.” And, he’s seeking a producer.
The movie is about a mysterious man
who emerges from the desert with a
bullet in his gut and whispers of stashed
drug money, prompting a single father
to risk his life for a better future. •
INSIGHTS • 18
Students Are Finding Common Ground Here
Live. Learn. Believe and Serve!
One of the changes that we made in 2012 was to switch
the name of Campus Ministry to Common Ground. Common
Ground is a place where students from different backgrounds
come together to grow deeper relationships with God and
each other. This ministry is led by twelve students who serve
on its Leadership Team.
I recently asked members of this Team what role
Georgetown College’s Christian identity played in their
decision to enroll here. Some saw it as a major draw.
Phillip Davis, a senior Religion and Spanish double-major
who just spent a semester studying in Chile, reports, “I
wanted to go to a Christian school, but not a Bible College
because I wanted to be challenged in my faith. I know that
an important part of growth is gaining new perspectives and
learning new things. My view on the world is different in a
fantastic way, more well-rounded. I see God as much bigger
now. What’s led to that has been serving others and the
theology I’ve learned; putting faith into practice by meeting
people’s needs.
Phillip, a Somerset native, added, “One night for Rooted
–[our Tuesday night student-led worship gathering – we went
out into the community to serve people. I was with a group
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By BRYAN LANGLANDS
Samantha Whitlock of the Common Ground Leadership Team got a hug
from one of the children at Mission Arlington during one of GC’s alternative
spring break trips last March. She’s a junior Education major from Louisville.
that baked cookies and took them to firemen. Others went
to a local apartment complex and had a block party with
Hispanic residents there.”
Michelle Ballard, a senior Psychology major who aspires to
a vocation in pastoral counseling, said, “I chose Georgetown
because it is a Christian school, not just because of its
academics. I’ve always felt a call to ministry but I didn’t
really know what that looked like until I got here.”
A junior from Means, KY, Michelle added, “I’ve learned
more about that call through the service-learning project
I did with Central Church of God, through serving on
the Common Ground Leadership Team and through an
internship at the Interfaith Counseling Center. And I’ve
learned what it truly means to love God and to love people.”
Unlike his peers, Shawn Marcum did not come to
Georgetown College because it is Christian. “My choice
was not based on religion. I felt like my relationship with
God was strong enough that it didn’t matter to me what the
school’s affiliation was. But the ironic thing is that when I got
involved in some Religion classes I became aware of how
my whole religious background was changing.”
The junior from Louisa, KY, continued, “I started to study
the Bible more on my own. I went from taking the spoonfed approach to really digging in deep myself. The College’s
affiliation is significant because it has allowed me to take
what was given to me and to make it my own, learning how
to flesh out my own beliefs rather than just repeating what
I’ve heard others teach.” •
Godspeed, OUR Miss Kentucky,
Jessica Casebolt
Fittingly, the 5’11”
Jessica Casebolt will
sing “Superstar” at
Miss America.
The moment in July rising GC sophomore
Jessica Casebolt heard her named called
as Miss Kentucky 2012, she wondered
what she’d be missing about campus life
and her Sigma Kappa sorority sisters the
next year. It took a minute for her to realize
she’d be representing her beloved state and
Georgetown in the Miss America Scholarship
Pageant in Las Vegas come January.
And, no one could show more pride in her
College and her Commonwealth than Jessica.
When ABC (which will broadcast the
pageant live Jan. 12) chose Miss Kentucky
to likely be one of a handful of candidates
featured in a documentary the hour before,
she convinced them to film her at a Sigma
meeting and a roundtable discussion with
professors Barbara Burch (English), Heather
Hunnicutt (Music), George McGee (Theatre),
and Director of Alumni Relations Laura
Owsley.
Jessica is so appreciative and genuine,
people bend over backwards to be there
for her. The Blue-hot Kentucky Wildcats
basketball coach even worked her into his
schedule and let her wear his NCAA title
ring for filming. That little coup landed her
in a recent Wall Street Journal sports feature
(“It’s John Calipari’s World”) pictured along
with such luminaries as Barrack Obama,
Bill Clinton, Jay-Z, Billy Crystal, and others.
And, when ABC’s filming schedule changed,
Keeneland had Jessica out to sing the
National Anthem a second time in ONE
week!
The Political Science major from Pikeville
had such a great freshman year, she’s already
looking forward to coming back in Fall 2013
and applying for a term at GC’s Oxford
University partner, Regent’s Park College. An
aspiring broadcast journalist, Jessica was also
the intern for (now former) Executive Scholarin-Residence Billy Reed, a renowned sports
columnist.
Every chance she gets, Jessica is still all
about GC. She was honored that Reed and
Georgetown All-American and 1972 USA
Olympic basketball captain Kenny Davis
asked her to close out the Courage in Munich
banquet in August with “The Star-Spangled
Banner.” And, she was thrilled to speak at the
Sigma’s Purple-Tie Affair banquet this fall. •
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Significant Year for Immigrant Advocate Broady
What a year it’s been for Graduate
Education professor Christel Broady,
Director of ESL (English as a Second
Language) at Georgetown College!
In March, the German-born Broady wouldn’t let a broken
foot keep her from becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen at
a ceremony in Covington. Sadly, she had to relinquish German citizenship that day, but later she recalled feeling “a
sense of responsibility to contribute to this country” and “the
importance of ‘belonging’ to the country I represent in the
classroom.”
In July, the former president of KYTESOL (Kentucky Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) represented
the state at TESOL Advocacy Day in Washington D.C. She
met with staff of state officials Sen. Mitch McConnell (R),
Rep. Ben Chandler (D) and Rep. Geoff Davis (R) and said
later she was “well received.”
Then, at GC’s Opening Convocation in September, she
shed tears of joy as her name was called as winner of the
John Walker Manning Distinguished Mentor and Teacher
Award. This was particularly meaningful to Christel because
of large input from students – which in her case are already
practicing teachers who usually are completing a Masters
and choose ESL as area of specialization in a program completely delivered online. “(These teachers) often represent the
only lifeline immigrants have to the USA culture,” said Dr.
Broady, who has been at Georgetown for the last 10 years. “I
am very proud of being part of the process of preparing them
for this task, especially as an immigrant myself.” Broady is currently organizing a Kentucky Advocacy movement and event mirroring the one in Washington, D.C. And,
as TESOL international’s immediate past-chair of the world
wide section for elementary schools, she has the background
and determination to pull it off.
Here’s what she told Kentucky’s leaders this summer and
what she’s telling all citizens of the Commonwealth now: “We must take care of our immigrant children and families
for a better future for all Kentuckians, especially since minority births nationally are surpassing majority births as of
2012.” And, “Immigrants provide unique skills to our state
and can help us to be competitive in a global economy.”
Christel is married to Philippines-born Nick Broady, who
works with eXtension as a Content-Developer for professors at U.S. land grant institutions. They met when she was
obtaining her doctorate at the University of Nebraska. Their
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Dr. Christel Broady, right, was an emotional winner of the John
Walker Manning Distinguished Mentor and Teacher Award. Provost
Rosemary Allen, left, considers the recognition very special because
“students have a major voice in the selection.”
daughter, Leni, is a pianist attending Lexington’s School for
Performing and Creative Arts; she’s bilingual and has dual
citizenship (U.S./German). •
alumni relations • Continued from page 9
Your alma mater needs you to be engaged for its future
now more than ever. You’ve probably seen our theme for
the past year or so – “Every Tiger, Every Year.” Truly it does
take every student, faculty and staff member, alumnus and
friend to make sure that we continue to call this great place
our home. With change comes uncertainty; however, one
thing remains the same: Georgetown College needs you to
be involved – somehow, some way. This could include (but
not necessarily be limited to): financial support, mentoring a
current student, speaking to a class, praying for the school, or
just coming to campus for activities – especially Homecoming. You DO make a difference – and together we will make
a difference in the lives of future generations of Georgetonians. Remember, EVERY Tiger, Every Year!
And, please let me know how I can assist you. It could be
as simple as trying to locate a former roommate or helping
you secure a transcript. And any time you want to ‘come
home’ for a campus visit, l would love to help organize your
trip. I would also be honored to coordinate an official visit
with one of the friendly folks in our Office of Admissions
to show your son/daughter/grandson/granddaughter around
campus. Call me at 502-863-8007 or email laura_owsley@
georgetowncollege.edu. •
Bill
Cronin
150 Wins
and Counting
Coach Bill Cronin, right, with
Communication and Media Studies
professor Kenny Sibal ‘04, honorary
coach for a GC game this fall. Sibal
played on the Tigers’ 2000 and 2001
NAIA championship teams.
Gatorade baths are usually postseason
moments, which might have been why Sept.
29’s sideline dousing caught Georgetown
College football coach Bill Cronin off guard.
“I usually have better footwork than that,”
Cronin joked about being able to get out of
the way. “I was sort of caught by surprise. It
was definitely cold.”
The then-No. 3 Tigers defeated Bethel
University, 63-21, at Toyota Stadium on
iHigh Field, for 150 wins for Cronin and
several of his staff.
GC football has been one of the most
consistent programs over the past 15 years
under Cronin’s leadership. Assistants Bruce
Owens ‘86, Craig Mullins ‘91 and Steve
Hill ‘94 have been here all 15-plus seasons,
while Marty Park ’99 started as a player then
became a coach for the past 12.
“A lot of people are involved in this,”
Cronin said. “The coaches have been terrific
and stood by me. We don’t have this record
without all the players that have come
through this program; too many for me to
even attempt to name.”
This mark has him averaging just more
than nine wins a season - higher than
coaching greats such as Steve Spurrier, 194
wins in 22 seasons; Bobby Bowden, 377
wins in 44; Bear Bryant, 323 in 38; and Lou
Holtz, 249 in 33. The first three averaged
just more than eight a season while Holtz
finished with an average of 7.5. Even NAIA
legend Kevin Donley, who hired Cronin
as an assistant for the Tigers in the ‘80s,
averages just more than seven wins a year for
257 victories in 33 years.
“Georgetown has been great for me and
BY THE NUMBERS
Cronin, among active coaches, is 5th on the win
list. Donley is 1st, followed by two coaches with
30+ years on the sidelines: Hank Biesiot (256
in 36) and Larry Wilcox (232 in 33). Carroll
College’s Mike Van Diest has 160 wins in 13
seasons and may be the only coach to win 150
faster than Cronin. On the all-time coaching
win list, Cronin is 32nd. At GC, the veteran
coach was 88-15 at home, 63-19 on the road
and 4-2 at neutral sites.
my family,” Cronin said. “We have enjoyed
living and working in a community where
people genuinely care about one another;
being able to win, as much as we have, is
just a bonus.”
The formation of a powerhouse is a strong
foundation, a concept not lost on Cronin. In
1997, he hired Mullins, Hill and Owens. All
have been honored in the coaching realm
but have chosen to stay right where they are.
“Being here, being a part of this, means
more than being a head coach,” Mullins
said. “Georgetown is in my blood.
Dedication, trust and cohesion are what
drive this program.”
Mullins, Hill and Owens all played for
Georgetown. Cronin continued looking for
assistants among his players, hiring Marty
Park and Clyde McConnaughhay. Brian
Landis and Shan Housekeeper also returned
to the Orange & Black, where as players they
helped to win national championships.
“We have a lot of pride in the program,”
Housekeeper said. “Only a handful of us
didn’t play here before coaching here. We
have been on the other side of being players.
We have high standards and so hold our
players to those standards as well.” •
INSIGHTS • 22
VOLLEYBALL
FOOTBALL
Football won a third-straight MSC East championship (18th overall) and had
a second-straight undefeated season (9th overall). The Tigers claimed the
No. 1 spot for the first time since 2002. GC lost the opening round of playoffs in a heartbreaking 45-44 game to
MSC West champion Bethel University.
MSC All-Conference honorees are: Gabe
Patten, Wes Smith, Chris Gohman, Randy
Doss, Neal Pawsat, Melvin Posey, Doug
Key, Josh Downing and DaVon Pitts.
Honorable mentions were Rob Madon,
Logan Osborne, Patrick Dougherty, Alex
Kreimer, D.J. Lemons, Brock Messina,
Winston Hines and Brandon Lawson.
Coach Cronin was named MSC East
Coach of the Year. Adam Campbell, Alex
Connelly, Jacob Conner, Jack Coorts,
Cory Cronin, Dougherty, Gohman,
Hines, Kreimer, Madon, Pawsat, Joe
Peak, David Robason, Michael Sherrard,
Zach Sowder and Aaron Wilson were
MSC Academic All-Conference.
Bursting back on the national scene,
Tigers finished the regular season No.
11 with a 31-3 and 15-0 record. Nick
Griffin earned MSC Coach of the Year.
Rachel Eubanks was MSC Player of
the Year. Eubanks, Ally Wilbourn and
Caraline Maher earned First-Team
All-Conference. Rebekah Moore,
Corri Muha and Lindsey Martindale
were honorable mentions. Moore,
Eubanks, Wilbourn, Stephanie Gurren
and Mariah Tesarz were Academic
All-Conference. The Tigers defeated
Xavier in the Opening Round of
the National Tournament to punch
their ticket to Sioux City, IA for the
completion of the tournament. Poolplay is Nov. 27-29. Top two teams
from each of the six pools move to a
single elimination tournament
Nov. 30-Dec. 1.
BASEBALL
TENNIS
Tennis hosted an ITA regional meet,
which brought multiple teams to the
Georgetown area for the three-day
event. Rain caused some scheduling
changes, but the event went well and
teams requested the Tigers host again.
INSIGHTS • 23
Baseball had two players receive
preseason All-American status.
Pitchers Tyler Arthur and Chad
Richie, who finished the 2012
season as second-team AllAmericans, are tabbed as top
hurlers this year. The Tigers open
in February in Daytona, FL.
C R O SS C O U N T R Y
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Men’s basketball is preseason No. 3. The annual Central Bank Jim Reid
Classic was Nov. 23-24 with No. 22 Martin Methodist, and highly
regarded Life and UC Clermont. Vic Moses has returned from a redshirt
season, averaging 22 points (hitting at about 74 percent!) with eight
rebounds per game. Garel Craig, Allan Thomas and Russ Middleton
round out the returners, while Monty Wilson, Mychal Parker and DJ
Townsend highlight some of the newcomers.
Men’s and women’s teams had an up and down season.
The women started off slow but exploded late, finishing 3rd
in the conference meet. Tayler Godar led the way, helping
the Tigers to a perfect score and victory at the Kentucky
State University meet. The men also won that meet, but
had injuries and illnesses slow them down this season.
Still, two Tigers finished with times inside the Top 5 alltime finishes for Georgetown. Cole Cisneros’ 26:45.8 and
Brandon Pulliam’s 26:09 have them
at 5th and 2nd respectively. Godar and
Cisneros were named Second-Team AllConference. Finnja Ramcke, Mary Kate
Dowdy, Marissa Hale, Rachel Ditto,
Peyton Anderson, Kyle Wiedemer, Sam
Heaton, Chris Bartlett, Brad Cundiff
and Jimmy Lacy were named to the
Academic All-Conference team.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Anna Ayers, Caitlin Williams, Sam Amend,
Bea Cameron, Alex Harbowy and Alessandra
Jansen made the women’s soccer all-conference
honorable mention team. Tigers finished 4th in
a loaded league and advanced to semifinals
before losing to Lindsey Wilson. Williams, Megan
Melanson, Lauren Brooks, Lucy Davis and
Morgan Zimmer made Academic All-Conference.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Women’s basketball is preseason No. 6, putting them just
outside of the team’s most recent highest ranking of No. 5
in January of 2005. The Tigers finished the 2011-12 season
No. 11 and in the Fab Four at the NAIA tournament. They
kicked the season off with the 19th Annual Habitat Classic,
bringing in No. 2 Shawnee State and future Great Midwest
Athletic Conference foe Trevecca Nazarene.
MEN’S SOCCER
Men’s soccer battled youth and injuries yet again and a bounce
here or there could have changed the season’s overall outlook.
The team never let up against several national powerhouses,
but came up short in the campaign to make the playoffs.
Kiefer Chafin was named to the Academic All-Conference team.
INSIGHTS • 24
300 Wins
Will Be Nice,
But Thornton’s
All About
The Players
INSIGHTS • 25
“Frustrating,” said Georgetown College
alum and softball coach Thomas Thornton
with a hearty laugh about sitting on win
number 299.
The native Scott Countian needed just
one victory in the Mid-South Conference
tournament this past spring to notch 300 in
10 seasons. Not that 299 wins is not just as
impressive, but “it’s not 300.”
“As a coach, I’d like to think I don’t sit
around and think about the wins, but I do
keep track,” Thornton said. “However, 299
or two wins, it’s always been about the
players and the talent we have. Without my
players, the number means nothing.”
Thornton enters his 13th season in
the dugout with the Tigers, 11th as head
coach this spring, and looking for that
elusive 300th win. Some memorable wins
have come along the way, including the
unofficial first one in the fall of 2000. The
Tigers traveled to Evansville, IN, and played
Middle Tennessee State (an NCAA Division
I program). GC won, and after the game,
Thornton’s senior centerfielder asked how
he liked his first win.
Of course, the 2008 Mid-South
Conference Tournament championship run
is a day he will never forget. GC needed
three wins back-to-back-to-back in order
to win the title and clinch the school’s first
appearance in the national tournament.
Thornton, who earned undergraduate
and graduate degrees from Georgetown
College, was born to coach; he just never
thought it would be softball. The football
gridiron is where he planned to be.
Early on, that is what he did, but in the
offseasons he coached softball. After a stint
as assistant softball coach at Scott County
High School, the veteran coach ran into his
longtime friend Mark Montgomery, GC’s
head coach at the time.
“Mark and I got to talking and just
thought it was a good fit for both of us,”
Thornton said.
At the time Thornton was finishing up
his graduate work from GC, and it meant
a lot to him to be able to come back and
give to the school that had given him and
his family so much. Two of his aunts taught
classes here, and his sister, mother and
numerous cousins attended Georgetown.
“Growing up, Georgetown College was
all I knew,” Thornton said. “I love this school
and always have. It has been an honor to be
able to come back and work here.”
Ever humble, he also knows his program
would not be where it is without the help
of his assistants. Almost from the get-go,
Bryan Johnson and Jamie Cunliffe have
been by his side, volunteering their time. In
2010, former player Britni Buchignani also
returned to volunteer.
“Bryan and Jamie have been so dedicated
and I can’t describe how much they mean
to me and this program,” Thornton said.
“Obviously none of them do it for the
pay, because there is none, but they do it
because they love the team, the players and
this program.
“Then, Britni is just another reminder
that we are doing things right here. To see
my players want to continue to be around
softball and give back to the sport, that
means more to me than anything.” •
GC
classnotes
1947
Dr. Betty Jean Chatham retired after nearly 60 years as
pianist and organist at Shelbyville (KY) First Baptist Church
on Oct. 28, 2012. Her distinguished career began as
organist at First Baptist in 1953. She created and conducted
children’s and youth choirs and started both a nondenominational and interracial choir (Life Savers) of
high school students in Shelby County.
As a student at Georgetown College, she founded and
conducted the BSU Choir. During her professional career,
she taught at both Georgetown and Kentucky Southern,
and was artist-in-residence at both Georgetown and St.
Catharine Colleges. She has performed across the USA and
in 18 countries for the Foreign Mission Board, the Southern
Baptist Convention, and the U.S. Air Force chaplaincy.
All members of the Chatham family are distinguished
alumni of Georgetown College. Besides Dr. Betty Jean, they
include late husband Dr. Don Chatham ’48; son Dr.
Donn Chatham ’71; and daughters Sarah Chatham
Farabee ’73 and Martha Chatham Pryor ’79.
1969
Amadeus Vincent Leano proudly
announces a new granddaughter,
Athena Rose, born June 15, 2012.
Amadeus is presently a computer
programmer with Wellpoint/Anthem
and is actively involved in the
family’s church, Deer Park Baptist, in Louisville. “I extend
well wishes to all my friends from Georgetown,” he writes.
Keep us up to date on
what’s new in your life!
Full listing of Classnotes is on our website:
www.georgetowncollege.edu/alumni
1982
Karen Faye (Story) Cole and family now reside in Glen
Allen, VA. Karen continues to work as a school counselor at
Louisa County High School in Mineral, VA.
1992
Anthony Carney has relocated to
Louisville, KY. He writes, “After living in
Thailand for most of the last 20 years,
owning my own consulting firm and traveling
the world, I’ve returned to my Kentucky roots
and have settled back down in Louisville.
I am now very happily working as a Financial Advisor with
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. I love being able to help my
clients prepare for retirement, know that they are on a right
financial track, save for their children’s educations and set
up their estates. It’s so rewarding! And being back in my
hometown just makes it all the better.”
2001
Dana (Reichard) and Tommy Martin are proud to
announce the birth of a boy, Logan Thomas Martin, born
April 16, 2012, in Cincinnati, OH.
2008
John Hendricks is the newest member of the Clark
County Bar Association. He earned his law degree from the
University of Kentucky College of Law in 2011.
1976
2009
be the Volunteer Director of Operations for the Committee on
Arrangements for the 2012 Republican National Convention,
Republican National Committee. It will be great to be part
of this historic event. I just came off the campaign trail
having worked for Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich.
Life is good in Tampa with my husband and my black Labrador.”
from Charlotte School of Law in May, 2012. She and her
husband, Adam Schott ‘07, a former Georgetown
Tiger, now reside in the Lexington area. Brittany writes,
“Many thanks to the professors at Georgetown College for
preparing me to excel at the next educational and
professional level!”•
Debra Lynn Rouse-Cox wrote in June, “I am honored to
Brittany (Napper) Schott graduated with honors
Let us know what’s new with you! Visit my.georgetowncollege.edu/ics/alumni/
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Donor
Honor Roll
Expressing our
gratitude for all those
who have given to
Georgetown College
$10,000 or more
AIKCU
Allen Architectural Metals
Brookhollow Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Charles E. Schell Foundation
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
Community Foundation of Louisville Depository
Eula Mae & John Baugh Foundation
Harshaw Trane
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Jenzabar, Inc.
Kentucky Baptist Foundation
Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust
Margaret Voorhies Haggin Trust
National Christian Foundation Kentucky
Neace Lukens Holding Company
Mr. Robert L. Hook
Allan E. Inglis, MD
Mr. & Mrs. R. C. Johnson, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Jones, Sr.
Mr. Ben D. Mallin, Jr.
Mr. Russell C. McCandless
Dr. & Mrs. Wally O. Montgomery
Mr. William M. Rosson
Marilyn Nell Sparks*
Mr. Joseph E. Sparks
Dr. Don A. Stevens
Mrs. Sheila J. Wells
Mrs. Carlos Wells
Mr. John A. Williams
Mr. Robert N. Wilson
Pheasant Hill Foundation
Toyota Motor Mfg. KY, Inc.
V. V. Cooke Foundation
Virginia Baptist Foundation Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. James W. Anderson
Mr. John M. Ballbach
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Barlow
Mr. & Mrs. Larry M. Carlton
Mr. & Mrs. Norman T. Daniels, Jr.
Dr. Robert L. Doty
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Ensor, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Randy D. Fields
Mr. & Mrs. Earl A. Goode
Mr. Michael T. Haas
Mr. Frank Harshaw
Mr. Carl A. Henlein
$5,000-$9,999
Citizens Community Foundation Inc.
Fifth Third Bank
FLW Outdoors
Harrodsburg Baptist Church
Healthcare Performance Partners
Journey A Community of Grace, Inc.
Kentucky Baptist Convention
Ruth H. Million Estate
The Dallas Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Alan Akridge
Mr. William E. Blackburn
Mrs. Pearl Chiu
Mrs. J. Nicole Bivens Collinson
Dr. & Mrs. Lanny R. Copeland
Dr. & Mrs. William H. Crouch, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Bartlett G. Dickinson
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Dixon, Jr.
Dr. John M. Farmer
Mr. & Mrs. Randall L. Fox
Mr. & Mrs. Rollie D. Graves
Drs. James L. & Ruth B. Heizer
Mrs. Anna M. Hensley
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Hieb
Mr. & Mrs. David R. Jacobs
Dr. & Mrs. David C. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Moak
Mr. & Mrs. A. Irvin Overall
Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Penn, Jr.
Mrs. Maedell Remington
Mrs. Linda Schneider Rhea
Mr. W. Todd Skaggs
Dr. Larry R. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Stump
Mrs. Carolyn N. Sweazy
Mr. & Mrs. David Travis
Mr. & Mrs. Kristofer D. Vanzant
Mr. Cy Waddle
Dr. & Mrs. Ron Waldridge
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Ward
$2,500-$4,999
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Anchor Baptist Church
Broadway Baptist Church
Dallas Baptist University
Foundation for the Advancement of Christianity
Georgetown Baptist Church
Georgetown Tennis Association, Ltd.
James Motor Company
Mercer University
Missouri Baptist University
Toyota Tsusho of America
Mr. James E. Acra
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Mr. & Mrs. J. William Barnett
Mr. & Mrs. Nolan M. Bean
Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Blakeman
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred R. Blevins
Ms. Candace Brunk
Mrs. Betty Jean Chatham
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Cohen
Governor Martha L. Collins & Dr. Bill L. Collins
Dr. & Mrs. Paul R. Corts
Mr. Clay Parker Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Dowling, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Michael W. Eden
Dr. & Mrs. Gene Enlow
Dr. Jerry W. Fields
Dr. & Mrs. Horace T. Hambrick
Dr. Peter J. LaRue
Miss Linda J. Long
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Rardin
Mr. James W. Shepherd, Jr.
Dr. Robert W. Thompson II
Mr. & Mrs. Laurel W. True
Mr. Guthrie L. Zaring
$1,000-$2,499
American Inst. For Foreign Study
AYERBALL INC.
Baird Government Solutions
Baptist Foundation of Illinois
Consolidated Baptist Church
Eagle Construction
Elkhorn Association WMU
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Equestrian Events, Inc.
Estate of Mary C. Johnson
Faith Baptist Church
Farmers National Bank
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Florida Lakes Surgical PLLC
Green’s Toyota
Highland Baptist Church
Living Faith Baptist Fellowship
National Diversity Solutions
Nicklies Foundation, Inc.
Omni Custom Meats
Pharmacy Class of 2007
PNC Foundation Matching Gift Program
Sivells Baptist Camp
St. Matthews Baptist Church
The National Sales Group, LLC
United Bank
Mr. & Mrs. David C. Adkisson
Dr. & Mrs. Barry Allen
Mr. Jim Allison
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anderson
Dr. Glenn D. Armstrong
Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Ayers
Mr. & Mrs. Jason A. Baird
Mr. Tucker Ballinger
Mr. James R. Bannister
Mr. John K. Barnett
Dr. & Mrs. Gregory S. Barr
M. Brian Bauer, MD
Dr. Jack Birdwhistell
Mrs. Kay Blevins
Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Boren
Mr. Kent A. Boswell
Dr. & Mrs. David Bowman
Mr. Norman L. Brown
Drs. John & Luannette Butler
Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Calhoun
Mr. Darryl R. Callahan
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Cappock
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Carrington II
Mrs. Susan A. Carrington
Ms. Melody Chaney
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Cloar, Jr.
Dr. John T. Coke &
Dr. Rosemary A. Allen
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond L. Cravens
Dr. Jessica D. Cunningham &
Mr. Michael Cunningham
Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Davis
Mrs. Julia A. Dean
Dr. & Mrs. John R. Deen
Dr. Jonathan W. Dickinson &
Dr. Jenna Ross
Dr. John E. Downing
Mrs. Darlene Drake
Mrs. Erin Lynn Druen
Mrs. Connie Eggert
Mrs. Charlotte Ann Elder
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Elliott
Mr. & Mrs. David Fannin
Mr. & Mrs. Randy D. Fields
Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Fitzpatrick
Ms. Virginia Fox
Mrs. Lynn P. Freeman
Mr. Douglas Freeman
Rev. Richard Gaines
Drs. Sidney T. & Jeannie Gambill
Mr. & Mrs. Hoot Gibson
Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Gibson
Dr. Susan Goodin
Mrs. Ann Greene
Mr. Tom Grissom
Dr. Gordon P. Guthrie
Mr. & Mrs. Henry N. Hall
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hargrove
Mr. & Mrs. Weldon Harris
Dr. & Mrs. William H. Harvey
Mr. & Mrs. Reza Hashampour
Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. Hays
Ms. Leigh Anne Hiatt
Mr. & Mrs. Grover C. Hibberd, Jr.
Samuel S. Hill, Jr., Ph.D.
Mr. Jesse Reid Hodgson
Mr. & Mrs. William V. Holden
Rev. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Holden
Mr. David C. Huffman
Ms. Phyllis J. Hughes
Mr. Eric M. Jaegers
Mr. & Mrs. I. Grundy Janes, Jr.
Mr. John O. Jeffries
Mrs. Mary L. Jenkins
Mr. Billy W. Johnson
Mrs. Jeanne Kaenzig Evans
Mr. & Mrs. Jason R. Keller
Mrs. Marilyn A. Kenley
Mr. & Mrs. Dale A. Kenley
Mrs. Laura G. Knapp
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Knox
Mr. James S. Koeppe &
Dr. Gretchen Lohman
Mr. & Mrs. Jason R. Ladd
Mrs. Frances W. Lester
Dr. & Mrs. James B. Lewis
Dr. & Mrs. Dwight E. Lindsay
Mr. Roy K. Lowdenback &
Dr. Rachel S. Lowdenback
Mrs. Charlene Lucas
Helen Betsy Lusby*
Mr. George Lusby
Mrs. Vicky L. Mann
Mr. Thomas A. McAllister
Mr. & Mrs. C. James McCormick
Dr. David C. McMurtry
Dr. & Mrs. Charles W. Midkiff
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. John Milward
Mr. Steve Monroe
Mr. & Mrs. Doug Morrow, Jr.
Mr. John C. Moss
Mr. Jeffrey W. Nally, SPHR &
Mr. Robert W. Johnson
Ms. Virginia Neely
Mr. & Mrs. James H. Newberry, Jr.
David O. Oladele-Bankole, MD
Ms. Ruby E. Orr
Dr. & Mrs. William H. Owens
Ms. Laura L. Owsley
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Palmer
Vada Dixon Phillips*
Mr. G. Kent Price
Mr. Mitch Price
Mr. & Mrs. James Ratcliffe
Dr. Rogers W. Redding
Rev. & Mrs. Alan B. Redditt
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Roby
Paul Robert Rowe*
Mr. & Mrs. Erik P. Sandefer
Mrs. Leigh N. Schroeder
Mr. William A. Scott
Ms. Kay E Scott
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Shelton
Ms. Carolyn L. Spears
Mr. & Mrs. Lance E. Springs
Mr. Dustin L. Stacy &
Dr. Christina L. Stacy
Carroll D. Stevens & Libby F. Stevens
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Stickle
Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Suffoletta
Mrs. Rhoda E. Tallant
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Terrell
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Thurman, Jr.
Dr. Ernest M. Tucker
Mrs. Ann Colbert Wade
Mr. Dudley Webb
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Wechman, Jr.
David M. Wheeler, MD
Dr. & Mrs. Wallace A. Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Justin L. Willingham
Mrs. Jill R. Wilson
Ms. Anne Wright Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. Judge Wilson
Mr. Edward M. Wimmer
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Winstead
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Yates
$500-$999
Aggie Sale Sport Shop
E A Partners, PLC
Elkhorn Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Hunter Douglas Metals
Jones Grimes Long Snider, Inc.
Kentucky Eagle, Inc.
Lakes Funeral Home
Network For Good
Palmer Engineering
RUMPKE
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC
Scott Archery Manufacturing
Service First Logistics Inc.
State Farm Insurance
Todd Tiller Insurance, Inc.
Vanguard Charitable
Endowment Program
Mr. Mike Ashley
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory D. Back
Mr. Stephen R. Banks
Dr. & Mrs. R. Jake Bell
Mr. David D. Bibb, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Barry Birdwhistell
Dr. Jack E. Brown
Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd M. L. Browning
Mr. Robert C. Campbell III
Dr. Neville W. Carmical
Mrs. Judith M. Carson
Dr. Michael Clark &
Mrs. Tracey D. Clark
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Cochenour
Dr. Thomas E. Cooper
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Cornett
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Davidson
Dr. Bridger Anne DeName
Dr. Molly W. Dunkum
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Dunn
Dr. William E. Ellis
Mr. & Mrs. Larry J. Ensor
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Ficke
Mr. Thomas G. Folsom II
Mr. & Mrs. Randall Q. Francis
Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Fuller
Mr. Michael T. Gabhart
Mr. David W. Gaddie
Mr. & Mrs. Chris J. Gohman
Mr. Lucas M. Gravitt
Ms. Trinna S. Graziani
Mr. & Mrs. Chester Greynolds
Mr. John M. Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Chester B. Hawkins
Ms. Janet S. Heiden
Dr. Angela L. Hogan
Drs. Steve M. & June Hyndman
Ms. Kathy L. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Kelley
Ms. Karen K. King
Dr. Sheila D. Klopfer
Mr. James T. Knapp
Mr. Larry Lawrence
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Lunceford
Mr. Jordon A. Maloni
Mr. & Mrs. J. Terry Maurer
Mrs. Robin Carol McClure
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Meyer
Dr. Lori Beth Miller
Dr. Dixie L. Mills
Miss Robin L. Murphey
Dr. & Mrs. Warren O. Nash
Mr. Royce W. Neubauer
Mr. Garry Olson
Mr. Duke Owens
Rose Adelia Owens*
Mr. & Mrs. E. Gerald Parker, Jr.
Dr. Allan M. Parrent
Bill D. Parsons*
Dr. Joseph H. Patterson
Mr. Paul D. Pelphrey
Mr. Eldon F. Phillips
Mr. Blake A. Reichenbach
Ms. Marcia M. Ridings
Mr. & Mrs. John Shine
Mr. Howard Smalley
Mr. C. Donald Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Smith
Mr. Adam N. Speaks
Mr. Edward J. Stanko &
Dr. Shelley B. Stanko
Dr. & Mrs. William P. Stevens
Mr. H. K. Thames
Ms. Lisa A. Thornton
Mr. & Mrs. J. Guthrie True
Dr. Robert J. Wasson
Charles Britton Wells*
Dr. Robert T. Wesley
Rev. & Mrs. Henry M. White
Mr. John A. Wilson
* Deceased
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Stevens Takes the Lead on Important GC Projects
Having successful alumni financially support their alma
mater to honor faculty members who have touched and
inspired them is a testament to the academic environment
and caring professors who consistently enrich the lives of
Georgetown College students.
One alumnus who credits his career success to the
educational foundation he received as an undergraduate
at Georgetown College is Dr. Don A. Stevens ’78, now an
Oncologist practicing in Louisville and Shelbyville, KY, who
also leads the Norton Blood Cancer Program. For ten years,
he served as Medical Director of the Norton Cancer Institute.
Having already established an endowed scholarship in
the name of his parents, Don and Katherine Stevens, Dr.
Stevens is now the lead donor for the recently initiated effort
to secure funding for renovating and naming the Dr. John
Blackburn General Chemistry Lab.
“I can state unequivocally that Dr. Blackburn was the
best professor I ever had,” said Dr. Stevens recently. “He
is an amazing teacher.” Dr. Blackburn provided leadership
for Georgetown’s chemistry department through his time as
professor and as department chair that resulted this past year
in American Chemistry Society approval.
To learn more about how you can contribute to either
the Hambrick Society or the Blackburn General
Chemistry Lab renovation, or honor other professors who
have impacted your life and career, please contact:
Roy Lowdenback ’05
Associate Vice President and Chief Development Officer
Phone 502-863-8044
Email [email protected]
Hambrick Village Dedicated, But YOU Can Still Get Involved
TOP LEFT: President Bill Crouch, right, at the Homecoming
dedication of the new 84-bed, townhouse-style, residence
complex on Military Street with the beloved members of
the GC family for whom it is named – Horace and Maribeth
Hambrick. Dr. Hambrick was a member of the faculty for 46
years, 26 of them as History department chair. He also was
elected first chairman of the college faculty. Maribeth served
as a trustee, president of the Women’s Association and the
Alumni Association. ABOVE: Friend of the College Larry
Carlton, left, who donated the money to have the name of
his parents – Dick and Mary Carlton, right – on the Hambrick
community room, got to share this special moment with his
wife, Wendy, and their daughter, Destyn. LEFT: Randy ‘60 and
Virginia (Isbell) Fox ‘58, posed by the Hambrick apartment
named for them along with grand-daughter Natalie Hymer, a
senior Economics and Spanish double major from Louisville.
A President’s Ambassador, Natalie spoke at the dedication.
Randy, a current trustee, was first elected in ’73 and has
served as board chair several times.
Thanks for your continued support. To make a secure online gift anytime using your credit card, go to www.georgetowncollege.edu/giving
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I naM emoriam
1934
Chester A. Insko
6/28/12 • Chapel Hill, NC
1938
Leland Bland
8/21/12 • Bagdad, KY
James A. Stevens
7/9/12 • Sarasota, FL
1939
Dorothy F. Rudy née Green
9/18/12 • Noblesville, IN
1946
James M. Collier
9/3/12 • Elizabethtown, KY
1947
Yvonne Shipman née Hubbard
6/27/12 • Clarksville, IN
1948
Joseph Benedict
6/3/12 • Atlanta, GA
James W. Ray
6/19/12 • Louisville, KY
1949
Edna M. Knight née Marks
9/10/12 • Harrodsburg, KY
Bryant A. Bloss
9/30/12 • Newburgh, IN
M. G. Howell
10/31/12 • Henderson, KY
R. E. Pittman
5/19/12 • Lexington, KY
1955
Harold G. Hurst
5/20/12 • Lexington, KY
Dwayne A. Ruth
10/17/12 • Georgetown, KY
Jo A. McCaslin née Robertson
8/26/12 • Princeton, KY
Shirley Jeffares née Clifton
8/24/12 • Lexington, KY
Raymond O. Sommers
8/23/12 • Louisville, KY
Helen S. Kirtley
6/4/12 • Johnson City, TN
Ruthe B. Sphar
7/24/12 • Winchester, KY
Adelaide McManus
5/22/12 • Fort Thomas, KY
Linda F. Williamson
7/17/12 • Sadieville, KY
1961
David W. Mullen
5/26/12 • Moneta, VA
1962
Ronald C. Burkhart
7/12/12 • Daphne, AL
1963
Barbara L. Jacobs née Dugan
6/6/12 • Lexington, KY
Thomas W. Westerfield
9/11/12 • Crofton, KY
1966
Phyllis T. Cooksey née Tandy
7/31/12 • Louisville, KY
1968
George A. Luttrell
7/3/12 • Liberty, KY
1969
Jullienne G. Keightley née Gist
9/11/12 • Louisville, KY
Walter R. Shettler
9/28/12 • Erlanger, KY
1972
1950
David M. McMurtry
5/18/12 • Lexington, KY
Carroll P. Callender
7/5/12 • Owensboro, KY
1974
Robert D. Thompson
5/23/12 • Burgin, KY
Richard D. Edwards
6/24/12 • Brooklyn, NY
1951
1979
Hannible E. Foley
5/31/12 • Mount Washington, KY
Gregg M. Macmann
6/8/12 • New Lebanon, OH
1953
1981
Rolfe W. Dorsey
5/21/12 • Louisville, KY
William C. Hanshaw
10/29/12 • Olive Hill, KY
Doris C. Kemper née Smith
7/12/12 • Owenton, KY
2009
John T. Thompson
6/7/12 • Nicholasville, KY
Allen L. McCowan
6/7/12 • Lavington, NSW
1954
Friends of GC
C. F. Dykins
7/24/12 • Plainfield, IN
Virginia W. Cotton
7/1/12 • Cincinnati, OH
Note: The word née after a married woman’s name is followed by her maiden name.
Jim Collier, Former GC
Trustee and Philanthropist,
Passes Away
Jim Collier, attorney, scholar,
philanthropist, and former
Georgetown College trustee, passed away September
3, 2012. Born in Crab Orchard, KY, Mr. Collier was
a World War II veteran. He earned undergraduate
and law degrees at the University of Kentucky and
completed masters and doctoral degrees at Rutgers
University. He taught at Georgetown before serving
on the law school faculties of Baylor and Mercer
universities.
Mr. Collier began practicing law in Elizabethtown in
1957. He became a partner in Collier, Arnett, Quick,
and Coleman, a law firm dating back to the 1890s.
Mr. Collier was the son of the late James Melvin
Collier, Sr. and Lula Jones Collier. His mother was a
housemother at Georgetown for a number of years.
In 1985, Mr. Collier established a scholarship
in memory of his father for students from the Crab
Orchard area.
Collier Hall, a men’s dormitory in Georgetown’s Mills
Residence Park was named in memory of Mr. Collier’s
mother. Through the years, Mr. Collier continued
to provide funds for scholarships and convocation
ceremonies, including the Collier Lecture Series, at
Georgetown College.
Mr. Collier was a leader in the college’s Decade
of Progress Capital Campaign in the 1970s. He was
named GC’s Philanthropist of the Year in 1997.
Jim Collier’s three children, Dr. James Collier, III,
Sarah Pitney, and Susan Collier are all GC graduates.
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